Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-379)
Includes indexes
History and language -- The nature of language -- Words: native and borrowed -- From middle English to modern English -- The establishment of modern English -- Creating new words -- Semantic change -- Semantic change in its social context -- Between semantics and grammar -- Grammatical change: the noun phrase -- Grammatical change: the verb phrase -- Between grammar and phonology -- Phonological change -- Phonological change: from old English to modern English